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honestly can we stop fanboying over Comey's twitter account and see some real action against this shit - tech giants super quiet this past week

by mbloom1915 10y ago

mbloom1915 10y ago
p.s. Ajit Pai is a puppet
- EGreg 10y ago
  Why do Republicans really seem terrible? The party of hypocrisy - eg had only one 9/11 commission but ten Benghazi commissions, or eg cared about deficits only when Democratic president is in power Gerrymandering (REDMAP) Threatened US default over debt ceiling Wanted to gut ethics committee as soon as they could Refused to hold a vote on a supreme court justice indefinitely as long as a Democrat president nominated him/her Told CBO not to calculate cost of repealing Obamacare Want to roll back civil rights of gays Want to roll back environmental protections Want to make coal and fossil fuels win over clean energy, are angry about investment in green energy Want to roll back privacy and net neutrality Want to use taxpayer money to expand the army already past ridiculous levels Are angry about universal healthcare even though rest of the developed world has it and has cheaper better outcomes What is the explanation for why they seem to be against everything that a person would normally consider good? I realize they say they want personal freedom and smaller government. But then they want to expand the army, keep increasing fossil fuel subsidies, etc. And when someone is incompetent, they seem applaud it... they seem to be against college education, teaching evolution, skeptical of global warming to the end, etc. and (with some exceptions) are ok with Donald Trump's blundering and appointments of people to agencies who have explicitly said in the past they want those agencies eliminated. Why? Am I really being partisan and Democrats break just as many rules? I just don't see it. Both parties have their problems but Democrats seem to at least care about competence and fairness while Republicans honestly seem to find new rules to break all the time, on top of everything I mentioned above. And then when the Democrats follow suit they get upset.
  - arca_vorago 10y ago
    Yes you are being partisan and not seeing how the D's do the same things. If I wasn't on mobile I'd explain more in detail, but essentially its a corruption, oligarchy, corporatacracy problem that transcends parties.
    - wry_discontent 10y ago
      I sincerely hope you come back to explain in some more detail, because this sounds like a bullshit claim to me. The Democrats aren't the ideal ruling party, but they are not nearly as bad as the Republican party. I wouldn't say they're even in the same ballpark.
    - EGreg 10y ago
      Me too, I would love to see the same list but for Democrats.
  - sxates 10y ago
    Because they're anti-abortion, they get an enormous pass from people who believe they have some kind of moral high ground.
    - reitanqild 10y ago
      In that case, they have moral high ground. Abortions, at least late ones, should be a national shame just like death penalties. Doesn't support everything else Republicans do but just wanted to mention this since your post made it sound like this wasn't an important issue.
      - drjesusphd 10y ago
        What is the appropriate prison sentence for a woman who performs a late term abortion?
        xahrepap 10y ago

honestly can we stop fanboying over Comey's twitter account and see some real action against this shit - tech giants super quiet this past week

mbloom1915 10y ago

p.s. Ajit Pai is a puppet

EGreg 10y ago
Why do Republicans really seem terrible? The party of hypocrisy - eg had only one 9/11 commission but ten Benghazi commissions, or eg cared about deficits only when Democratic president is in power Gerrymandering (REDMAP) Threatened US default over debt ceiling Wanted to gut ethics committee as soon as they could Refused to hold a vote on a supreme court justice indefinitely as long as a Democrat president nominated him/her Told CBO not to calculate cost of repealing Obamacare Want to roll back civil rights of gays Want to roll back environmental protections Want to make coal and fossil fuels win over clean energy, are angry about investment in green energy Want to roll back privacy and net neutrality Want to use taxpayer money to expand the army already past ridiculous levels Are angry about universal healthcare even though rest of the developed world has it and has cheaper better outcomes What is the explanation for why they seem to be against everything that a person would normally consider good? I realize they say they want personal freedom and smaller government. But then they want to expand the army, keep increasing fossil fuel subsidies, etc. And when someone is incompetent, they seem applaud it... they seem to be against college education, teaching evolution, skeptical of global warming to the end, etc. and (with some exceptions) are ok with Donald Trump's blundering and appointments of people to agencies who have explicitly said in the past they want those agencies eliminated. Why? Am I really being partisan and Democrats break just as many rules? I just don't see it. Both parties have their problems but Democrats seem to at least care about competence and fairness while Republicans honestly seem to find new rules to break all the time, on top of everything I mentioned above. And then when the Democrats follow suit they get upset.
- arca_vorago 10y ago
  Yes you are being partisan and not seeing how the D's do the same things. If I wasn't on mobile I'd explain more in detail, but essentially its a corruption, oligarchy, corporatacracy problem that transcends parties.
  - wry_discontent 10y ago
    I sincerely hope you come back to explain in some more detail, because this sounds like a bullshit claim to me. The Democrats aren't the ideal ruling party, but they are not nearly as bad as the Republican party. I wouldn't say they're even in the same ballpark.
  - EGreg 10y ago
    Me too, I would love to see the same list but for Democrats.
- sxates 10y ago
  Because they're anti-abortion, they get an enormous pass from people who believe they have some kind of moral high ground.
  - reitanqild 10y ago
    In that case, they have moral high ground. Abortions, at least late ones, should be a national shame just like death penalties. Doesn't support everything else Republicans do but just wanted to mention this since your post made it sound like this wasn't an important issue.
    - drjesusphd 10y ago
      What is the appropriate prison sentence for a woman who performs a late term abortion?
      - xahrepap 10y ago